Raised marriage age to enable girls to study further: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said said that his government has decided to raise the age of marriage for girls to 21 years because girls wanted to study furtherBut everyone knows who are the people opposing the decision and trying to prevent girls from studying further he said while addressing a rally of about 275 lakh women from all 75 districts of Uttar PradeshHe said that before the BJP came to power in the state there was mafia raj and goonda raj in the state Women bore the brunt of this and could not move about freely Yogi Adityanath cracked down on such elements and today women can move about freely and securely UP now has safety and security and immense possibilities It can no longer be pushed back he saidThe Prime Minister who transferred money to Self Help groups bank sakhis and beneficiaries of Kanya Sumangala Yojana and also laid the foundation stone of 202 take home ration plants said that these schemes were designed to empower womenI was talking to bank sakhis SHG groups and beneficiaries of Kanya Sumangala Yojana earlier and saw great confidence in them What is there in front of everyone does not need to be proved The change in their lives is visible and the nation can see it he said The Prime Minister said that the bank sakhi programme has increased employment opportunities for women and brought banking to the doorstep He informed that transactions worth Rs 75000 crore were taking place through bank sakhisTalking about the take home ration plants he said that this would ensure nourishment to women and also benefit farmers since the food grains would be purchased from them for the plants The flow of development and women empowerment will not stop now and this has bene shown by UP he addedThe Prime Minister further said that selfhelp groups had made women atmanirbhar He said that his government has taken several steps for benefitting womenWe abolished the practice of triple talaq for Muslim sisters We set up over 700 fast track courts for rape cases and we also removed the ban on women working in mining sector he added The Prime Minister said that Prayagraj was a symbol of women power because Maa Ganga Yamuna and Saraswati were present hereEarlier the Prime Minister interacted with representatives from various groups and heard their problems and took feedback about the change in their lives BJPs women MPs from UP were also present on the occasionAlso Read Deoband clerics oppose Centres decision on raising marriage age for girls from 18 to 21This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever